Infographics on key export markets for agricultural products in 2016-2018 was published

Submitted by bashun on Mon, 10/01/2018 - 16:43

So, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine, the share of agribusiness in the total export structure for eight months of 2018 was $ 7.056 billion, all exports amounted to $ 23.26 billion.

In 2017 (the whole year) the share of agribusiness in the total export structure was $ 14.93 billion, all exports - $ 43.264 billion.

Current procedure for registration of livestock will be simplified and transferred to electronic mode

Submitted by bashun on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 15:20

The head of the State Service for Food Safety and Consumer Protection agreed with the opinion of those present about the need to optimize the existing procedure for obtaining a cattle passport and the fact that some procedures require simplification.

Ukrainian companies increase their presence in the market of Kazakhstan

Submitted by bashun on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 15:16

According to him, there are more than 900 such enterprises on the territory of Kazakhstan now. In general, the deputy ambassador of Kazakhstan in Ukraine expressed his hope for further strengthening of bilateral relations in the field of organic, as well as cooperation.

Exporters of the agro-industrial complex need to prepare a long-term expansion strategy for the African and Asian markets

Submitted by bashun on Fri, 09/28/2018 - 15:12

This opens up new horizons for Ukrainian exporters, because the countries of Asia and Africa are interested in purchasing Ukrainian agricultural products.

Tariff quotas for imports by EU countries on a number of Ukrainian agrarian and food products for 2018 are filled

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 17:32

"The best confirmation of the fact that the FTA agreement between Ukraine and the EU works is the constant increase in the volumes of domestic agrarian and food exports to the markets of the EU countries. Traditionally, Ukrainian exporters filled the tariff quotas for Ukrainian honey, malt and wheat gluten, processed tomatoes, grape and apple juice, wheat, corn and butter by 100%," says the deputy minister.

EU mission has started its work to assess the control of ASF in Ukraine

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 17:29

The mission began its work with a meeting that was held in Kyiv under the chairmanship of the First Deputy Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection Andrii Zhuk and with the participation of representatives of the Food Safety and Veterinary Medicine Department of the the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, the State Research Institute for Laboratory Diagnostics and Veterinary and Sanitary Expertise, the State Forestry Agency Ukraine.

State support for the dairy sector must be accompanied by a change in approaches to regulation

Submitted by bashun on Thu, 09/27/2018 - 17:28

On September 25, this was stated by Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Olena Kovaleva during the Roundtable "Regulation of the Milk Market". Representatives of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Verkhovna Rada Committee, the Kyiv Regional State Administration, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection, the Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO), public unions, sectoral associations and business took part in the event.